Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV Video Report) | – – “ISIS intelligence reports are being cooked by the Obama administration, according to over 50 intelligence analysts working out of the US military’s Central Command who have formally complained that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda’s branch in Syria were being inappropriately altered […]
Why Young Iraqis Are Risking Their Lives to Get to Europe
By Marwan Jabbar | Baghdad | (Niqash.org) | – – Iraq’s security crisis means that if you are “different”, you may be a threat to militias ruling the streets now. Would-be asylum seekers tell NIQASH why they want to leave Baghdad, despite good jobs and nice homes. Europe is dealing with an influx of refugees […]
ISIL’s campaign may be going chemical – why no international outcry?
Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | – – Evidence is mounting that [so-called] Islamic State (IS) [group] is using chemical weapons in Iraq and Syria – and yet this egregious crime, which once used to be a “red line” for the rest of the world, has yet to provoke a proportionate response. One the most […]
Clinton Calls For Tougher Response To Russia On Syria, Ukraine
By RFE/RL | – – WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state who is now a leading contender to be the next president, has called for a stronger response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine and Syria, saying Moscow’s objectives were “to stymie, to confront, and to undermine American power whenever and wherever.” […]
As Vanguard for Climate Action, Low-Carbon Cities Could Save $22 Trillion
By Deirdre Fulton | (Commondreams.org) | – – Compact, connected, and efficient “low-carbon” cities could generate global savings of up to $22 trillion, while sharply reducing greenhouse gas emissions, alleviating poverty, and improving public health, says a new report out Tuesday from leading international economists. Accelerating investment in building energy efficiency, public transit, and better […]
Kurds unite, from Conservatives to Far Left, in Fight against ISIL
By Karlos Zurutuza | (Inter Press Service) | – – KIRKUK, Iraq (IPS) – Reminders of the last occupants of camp K1 in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk are only visible on the murals at the main gate leading into the compound: Iraqi soldiers saluting the flag, pointing their weapons or being cheered on […]
Nearly all of Gaza’s Water ‘Undrinkable’
By Celine Hagbard – (IMEMC) | – – Reporters from RT (Russia Today) traveled to Gaza to look into last year’s report that 90% of Gaza’s water is undrinkable. As they sampled water from different parts of the coastal Strip, they found that the report is accurate – the water throughout Gaza is dirty, salty […]
The lost fortunes of Palestine’s dynamic Ottoman-era merchants
By Charlie Hoyle | (Ma’an News Agency) | – – The pink stone mansions hidden among the modern urban geography of Bethlehem —surrounded by an eight-meter high concrete wall and penned in by Israeli settlements — contain a rich untold history of phenomenal global success:The city’s pioneering 19th century merchants. An interior view of the […]
How Persian Literature shaped the culture of Iran and India
Sunil Sharma interviewed by Maryam Kamali | ( Iranian Medieval History) Sunil Sharma is the Associate Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature at Boston University’s Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature Dear Prof. Sharma, it is my great pleasure to have an interview with you regarding medieval Persian literature. One of the controversial issues […]
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